RIVER CRUISE

Sunny day out

 

Going ashore for lunch

Contributing to Watery Wednesday

 Outdoor Wednesday

Aussie WW

Love and Blessings, Jan

SUNNY DAYS

We walked through this garden where sister-in-law was living, and came out onto the seashore. Not the typical Aussie surfing beach, but a very pleasant spot for a walk in the fresh air on a sunny day.

 

(North of Norah Head Lighthouse)

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All the best for a happy and healthy week.

Blessings, Jan

Hi Everyone,
Just taken a last few photos at 7.30am at daughter's before we leave.  She rang earlier on the way to work saying the roads are icy and treacherous, and not to leave for a couple of hours.

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Signing out now, till we get home.
Love and Hugs - Jan

Going back a bit

I've referred to when we lived on a boat or yacht a few times, and now I am posting a photo that I just scanned.  When I first saw printers that scanned, I was quick to buy one, thinking that I would scan the box of photos in my cupboard, and I haven't started yet....(smile).

This is an Adams motorsailer with an 80HP engine, cutter rigged.  It had three cabins one with en-suite and another head also.  There were two steering positions, in the wheelhouse or on the deck.  We installed solar panels and were able to have an iron, hairdryer, TV etc.

We lived aboard for five years from 1991 to 1996, I think.

I posted a photo of the Harwood Bridge recently.... this is us waiting to be called through.

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Have a great week... Hugs and God Bless  - Jan

Harwood NSW

From Harwood Island, one of the 100 islands in the Mighty Clarence NSW.

This bridge lifts to allow yachts to go further upriver to the City of Grafton.

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"Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,and your dominion 
endures through all generations" Psalm 145: 13

Have a Blessed week. Hugs - Jan

Coach trip to Castle

All the time I have lived in this area I have been intrigued by the story of a castle in our area, but it didn't come my way to visit there.  They do not take individual visitors now, and accept coach parties of up to 25 people so when I saw a visit advertised by the local Historical Society in the local free paper, I booked us both in immediately.

It was 1-1/2 hours, up the highway, then 46kms over a very corrugated road that we would not care to travel in our RV.  We came back on a sealed road, but it was very narrow.   When we arrived at the front gate we were told we weren't allowed to take photos. (pic above from internet).

To add to the ambience of the day, most of the participants had lived in the area, or had relatives who had been part of the large staff there in the early days of maids and governesses. There were many reminiscenes, and four on the trip were sisters whose Grandmother was Governess to the original family.  They were brought up in the area and had stories of riding their ponies to school etc.

We had a lovely day.... commencing with a DVD of the history, and then spending a very interesting time in the archive rooms.  We had a picnic in the lovely grounds overlooking the river and a walk up to the original gates.  As we were leaving the Curator asked us all to sign the Visitors Book, and took a group photo of us.  A very nice day out. Photo in the general area of the Castle.

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Outdoor Wednesday Texas QLD

We had a trip in our small RV, to see friends at Texas QLD on the weekend.  In case anyone is interested here is a website about Texas.
It is 250 to 290kms away, depending which way we go, over the Great Dividing Range.  We went one way and came back another.
We had a few weeks there some years ago, when we had an 'improvement' on our RV in which the garage nicked a hose which resulted in a major breakdown on Christmas Eve, just when everything was closing for a couple of weeks. We were blessed as you can imagine when the Roadside Assistance man took us home to his isolated property 25km south of Texas.   We had a family Christmas with them and were there, based in their shed, for about five weeks until he was able to get a new motor and fit it for us, (over $5,000 worth, which fortunately we got back from the garage's insurance), so we became good friends with them.
We've remained friends with the guy who towed us into Texas then too, see him now and again.  Barry was keen to see them and catch up.  I took a few books and my knitting and was pleased to have some quiet time.
Pics: 1... on the road to Texas.

2. Sunsets from our first trip there.

And on the way home.

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A cool dip

The pic was taken in QLD in a rainforest area.  Two of hubby's relatives were visiting from the UK at the time.

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Outdoor Wednesday 21stApril

A few photos from my travel folder.

I call this one The Road Home.

We'd been to QLD, here is a photo from the Toowoomba CMCA Rally

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Have a lovely Wednesday and a great week.

Outdoor Wednesday 14th April 2010

Photos from  an absolute gem of a place to visit, Montville in QLD.

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Outdoor Wednesday Thursday 9th April 2010

 
I came across Outdoor Wednesday this morning, Thursday here in Australia.  Click here to see all the posts in Outdoor Wednesday

This pic taken out the window of our small motorhome at a freecamp on the Mary River in Queensland, Australia.